Negative detection of biomolecules separated in polyacrylamide electrophoresis gels

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1544-1551

  Castellanos Serra, Lila ^a   Hardy, Eugenio ^a  

^a CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMIDAZOLE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMIDAZOLES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34347228704     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.233     Document Type: Article

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